What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Analyst I, Biophysics position at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As one of the world's foremost research institutions, UT Southwestern Medical Center is known for our life-changing research that has led us to 6 Nobel Prizes. With a Financial Analyst career in our esteemed Biophysics Department, you will be a key part of our multidisciplinary research facility with opportunities to work with leaders in patient care and medical research.
Job SummaryUTSW is seeking a Financial Analyst I with excellent critical thinking to be used for the dynamic growing . In this important role, you will lend support to faculty by completing monthly grant financial reports, which includes actual and expected spending with forecast of potential carryover/deficit. Additionally, you will analyze variations in forecasts and actual performance of grant funding to keep researcher on budget, assist in the completion of annual financial, progress reports to granting agencies, and interface with several departments, i.e. SPA, accounting, Provost Finance, Budget office, and other departments. Our ideal candidate has excellent communication skills both written and verbal, with the ability to adjust depending on the circumstances. If you enjoy challenging, fast-paced work and enjoy working with top medical leaders with an opportunity for growth this is the position for you.
Experience and EducationMinimum Requirements
- Bachelor\'s degree in finance, accounting, or other related field and no experience required.
- Completes monthly financial management reports and reviews all reports for errors and inconsistencies; analyzes variations in forecasts and actual performance; determines reasons for variance; develops recommendations for improvement; completes written summaries of financial data.
- Assists with preparing monthly financial reports, schedules for annual financial reports, and reports to various government agencies, ensuring conformance of such reports with applicable procedures and regulations of University of Texas System and Federal and State agencies concerned.
- Identifies areas of poor performance, presents findings, and makes recommendations to upper management.
- Prepares financial models and conducts financial analyses.
- May assists in maintaining controls for policies and procedures for financial system; develops and maintains delegation of authority of various procedures, such as check requests, refunds, invoice approval, bad debt write-offs, etc.
- Assists with special projects as requested.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
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